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And it's the President of the United States who said he wasn't going to spike the football and all this, we shouldn't gloat about it, running campaign ads, gloating about it and saying the other guy isn't good enough to do the tough things that I did, which I think is, one reprehensible.
Jonah Goldberg

Meaning of "gloating" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GLOATING

gloating  [ˈɡləʊtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOATING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gloating is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLOATING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gloating in the English dictionary

The definition of gloating in the dictionary is the act or process of dwelling on with malevolent smugness or exultation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLOATING


bloating
ˈbləʊtɪŋ
boating
ˈbəʊtɪŋ
coating
ˈkəʊtɪŋ
doting
ˈdəʊtɪŋ
floating
ˈfləʊtɪŋ
footing
ˈfʊtɪŋ
grouting
ˈɡraʊtɪŋ
gun-toting
ˈɡʌntəʊtɪŋ
inputting
ˈɪnˌpʊtɪŋ
nonvoting
nɒnˈvəʊtɪŋ
outing
ˈaʊtɪŋ
pouting
ˈpaʊtɪŋ
powerboating
ˈpaʊəˌbəʊtɪŋ
pussyfooting
ˈpʊsɪˌfʊtɪŋ
Scouting
ˈskaʊtɪŋ
shouting
ˈʃaʊtɪŋ
spouting
ˈspaʊtɪŋ
uncoating
ʌnˈkəʊtɪŋ
undercoating
ˈʌndəˌkəʊtɪŋ
voting
ˈvəʊtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOATING

gloam
gloaming
gloat
gloater
gloatingly
glob
global
global community
global dimming
global positioning system
global product
global reach
global rule
global search
global village
global warming
globalism
globalist
globalization
globalize

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOATING

accounting
beating
calculating
cheating
communicating
dating
decorating
devastating
eating
fascinating
frustrating
heating
incorporating
operating
overheating
rating
rotating
seating
skating
star rating
stimulating

Synonyms and antonyms of gloating in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLOATING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gloating» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gloating
crow · drool · exult · glory · relish · triumph · vaunt

Translation of «gloating» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLOATING

Find out the translation of gloating to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gloating from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gloating» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幸灾乐祸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

regodeo
570 millions of speakers

English

gloating
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घूरना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شماتة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

злорадство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

regozijando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gloating
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jubilant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schadenfreude
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

満足そうな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흡족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gloating
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hả hê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொண்டாடிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्लोटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

haset
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maligno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gloating
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зловтіха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gloating
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gloating
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gloating
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gloating
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skadefryd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gloating

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOATING»

The term «gloating» is regularly used and occupies the 99.696 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOATING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gloating

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QUOTES WITH «GLOATING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gloating.
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Jonah Goldberg
And it's the President of the United States who said he wasn't going to spike the football and all this, we shouldn't gloat about it, running campaign ads, gloating about it and saying the other guy isn't good enough to do the tough things that I did, which I think is, one reprehensible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOATING»

Discover the use of gloating in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gloating and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gloating: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations GlimpsingHeaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.ndash;Robert FrostThere are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.ndash;Arthur P. ...
‎2008
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The Cognitive Structure of Emotions
We turn now to gloating, which we take to be the closest word in English to represent the emotion of delighting in the misfortune of others (the German word " Schadenfreude" means precisely this). The same variables are at work here.
Andrew Ortony, 1990
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Relative Deprivation: Specification, Development, and ...
That both the advantaged and disadvantaged agree on the superiority of the advantaged assures the stability of their position and makes gloating safe.2 Because gloating is a direct, rather mean-spirited, affirmation of a highly secure and ...
Iain Walker, Heather J. Smith, 2002
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Emotion in Social Relations: Cultural, Group, and ...
Leach, Snider, and Iyer (2002) have argued that intergroup gloating is a feeling of malicious satisfaction at making a lower status out-group suffer. Intergroup schadenfreude is a closely related emotion: malicious pleasure at the suffering of  ...
Brian Parkinson, Agneta Fischer, A. S. R. Manstead, 2005
5
The Daily Bible® Devotional: A One-Year Journey Through ...
Dysfunctional. Gloating. You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people ofJudah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble. —O BADIAH 1:12 ...
F. LaGard Smith, 2009
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Coping with Infuriating, Mean, Critical People: The ...
Gloating Gloating is reminiscent of childhood taunting behavior, and others react to it in much the same way: by being turned off. Being proud of winning or achieving is very different from gloating. Being proud is a personal affirmation of self ...
Nina W. Brown, 2006
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Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of ...
In the individual and group gloating vignettes, participants imagined beating their rival in a close competition between equals. For example, in the individual gloating condition, participants were told: “The match was very close, but in the end ...
Wilco W. van Dijk, Jaap W. Ouwerkerk, 2014
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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
24:17-18 The motive for not gloating over an enemy's downfall is curious: one's gloating may cause Yahweh to relent and stop a ̇icting the enemy. It seems perverse to refrain from gloating in order that Yahweh may further injure an enemy.
Duane A. Garrett, 1993
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Neuroscience and the Economics of Decision Making
This result entails that, in such competitive social context, the utility associated with gloating is higher than the dis-utility associated with envy. Accordingly, the authors predict that such different effects of emotions in private and social contexts ...
Alessandro Innocenti, 2013
10
Tears in the Spiritual Life
Gloating. Over. Another. Person's. Misfortune. (Triumph). As the poet said: “All the disasters pass by the young, but never mind them, except for the triumph of the enemies.” Gloating over someone else's misfortune is a reason for deep pain, ...
Pope Shenouda III

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOATING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gloating is used in the context of the following news items.
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NASCAR Kentucky 2015 recap: New rules package creates …
There was no one saying, "I told you so." No gloating. After all, what was the point? Drivers had their vindication that the aerodynamic rules ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
2
Doyenne or Jezebel, Irelands Edna O'Brien Is a Master
The famous were not so famous, and were not surrounded by gloating cohorts.” As stimulating and exciting as these figures are, though, ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
3
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Marco Returns From The …
Chelsea leaves the room to do something and while she is gone Gabe is gloating in front of The Great Victor Newman's portrait. Gabe has a ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»
4
S'porean cheats Philippine hotel, then taunts: Catch me if you can
Yet, the prosecution highlighted several Facebook posts, made several years before this incident, that seemed to show Tan gloating over other ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
5
Gloating will not unify Americans
It has been an awkward couple of weeks surrounding our annual celebration of freedom and independence in America. We are a nation ... «Jacksonville Daily News, Jul 15»
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'I came face-to-face with Jihadi John': ISIS expert rattles killer in …
He said swaggering Emwazi, filmed gloating over the brutal beheadings of Britons Alan Henning and David Haines in two videos, had long ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
7
A Florida Reader Writes About Race, Motherhood, And The Massive …
Rashia Wilson is featured in the mug shots and she received a 21 year sentence after gloating on social media about her wealth compared to ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
8
Ted Cruz hits the jackpot: A book war with the New York Times
You will not be surprised to learn that the news of Cruz's omission was met with either gloating or fury directed at the liberal media, depending ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
9
Letter to the editor Your Voice: Boo to Obama
Among all U.S. presidents, Barack Obama is probably the best at rubbing his political opponents' faces in the mud, gloating and spiking the ... «The Tracy Press, Jul 15»
10
The government blinks first
There is much gloating behind closed doors, and we can expect to hear the thud of leather on minister a bit more often. And, equally ominously ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

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